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A Rare Icelandic Black-Tailed Godwit (image)

University of East Anglia

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New research shows that extensive shell fishing and sewerage discharge in river estuaries could have serious consequences for rare Icelandic black-tailed godwits. But the males are more likely to suffer, according to research from the University of East Anglia.

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Tómas Gunnarsson

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